A Year Ago...

A year ago today we met Mason & Chloe for the first time. It seems like it was so long ago. It has been a long rough year dealing with state workers, lawyers, judges, CASA workers, social workers, etc. trying to get this adoption finalized/legalized, but there is FINALLY a light at the end of the tunnel!! Word on the street is it should be done sometime next month (hopefully the first week so cross your fingers and say some prayers for us!).

The first time I saw Mason he was in Grandma Bonnie's arm on their front porch. I remember thinking how small/young he was and feeling slightly overwhelmed that Chloe was smaller/younger than him, but I was super excited that he had brown eyes like me!

We got in the house and Chloe was in the baby swing and I could not believe how BEAUTIFUL she was!! Big blue eyes with a perfect little smile and she was so tiny! It was so exciting yet so overwhelming to think that I was possibly going from 1 to 3 kids!!

Here we are a year later and sometimes I feel like I am in only in survival mode, but life is mostly wonderful!! We are so blessed to have these two little munchkins in our home. 

I didn't realize how much they have grown and changed over the last year so here are some Then and Now pictures:

THEN

 NOW

 

 

CHLOE THEN

 CHLOE NOW

 MASON THEN

 

 MASON NOW